Archival Buffalo News feature articles

  Harvey and Corky make their first foray into Rich Stadium. July 5, 1978 review Rolling Stones’ Flair Bright as Ever         The Rolling Stones begin their Independence Day show in Rich Stadium Tuesday by invoking their forefathers. Chuck Berry’s “Let It Rock” is a harbinger of what the rest of the set will be like – old-fashioned, high-energy rock ‘n roll.         It’s more evidence that the Stones are determined to prove they can do it the way they used to. Everything’s in place. The beat is solid. The guitars are raunchy and yowling. And singer Mick Jagger must be at the top of his biorhythms.         Reports of Jagger’s intensity this tour have not been exaggerated. Dressed in red, he leaps about the red tongue-and-lips stage like a man possessed. Dancing, gesturing, provoking the musicians behind him, he’s never still. It’s like he’s trying to jump out of his ski...

Grand larceny at the Century Theater. June 4, 1978 review Cheap Trick on Shortcut to the Top         REO Speedwagon’s Kevin Cronin bursts into song Friday midnight as he bounces into the chicken wing bash Epic Records is throwing after the sold-out show in the Century Theater.         “Goin’ to a party,” he goes. “Meet me on after school.”         The song belongs to Cheap Trick, the first band on the bill, and the spirit of the evening pretty much belongs to Cheap Trick as well. An aura of excitement is building around this newly emerging quartet.         Though they’ve been on the national scene for less than 18 months, it’s getting so they can’t go places without being recognized and besieged by fans. Even a policeman disguise failed for drummer Bun E. Carlos when he tried to see REO Speedwagon from the crowd Friday.   ...